1971 – IBM Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
This is Mies’ last American building and his largest,
This is Mies’ last American building and his largest,
The Aon Center (formerly the Amoco Building,
The tower is a large slab resting on inverted triangular piers,
Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower,
On the side facing the Chicago River,
Located at the inside corner of the Gold Coast streetwall where Lake Shore Drive turns east and the “Magnificent Mile”
Located at the northwest corner of Grant Park,
The James R. Thompson Center houses offices of the State of Illinois.
The main entrance to Illinois Center’s shopping concourse is through this building set back from Michigan Avenue by a small plaza.
The tower consists of 640,000 square feet of residential units over 370,000 square feet of office space,